Tool.



J. J. PATTERSON.

TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR-4.1914.

Patented June 8, 1915.

2 SH ETS-SHEET 1.

IN VENTOR Jl aiienrole A TTOR/VEYS TFIE NORRIS PETERS CO" PHO'TOLITHO"WASHING-TON, D, C

1.]. PATTERSON.

TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1914.

Patented June 8, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2 l/VVE/VTOR 1701212, (IWTJ'OM .4 TTOR/VE rs THE NORRISPETERS CD1, PHD1D-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D. C.

JQOHN JAMES PATTERSON, or cones DALENE, IDAHO.

TOOL.

To all whom it mag concern:

7 Be it known that I, JOHN J. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Coeur dAlene, in the county of Kootenai and State ofIdaho, have invented a new and- Improved Tool, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

' turned in either direction without reversing An object of my inventionis to provide asimple tool, having means to secure it to a bench or".like support, and possessing marked practicability as a clamp forcabinet makers and wood working, or as a vise convertible for useeither.as a pipe vise, or

for filing and other general vise Work, and embodying wrench elementsdetachable from r the base and securing devices, and adapted toconstitute an'efficient tool convertible into either a pipe wrench or amonkey wrench.

Other objects of the invention are to embody in a device of theindicated character,

handled clamp jaws so constructed and ar-' ranged as to exert thenecessary. force to break a corroded pipe joint without danger ofcrushing the pipe; to provide wrenchelements by means of which the pipemay be the tool or removingit from the pipe; to provide for aquickrelease of a gripped object; and to provide wrench elements adaptedfor use as a monkey wrench, which may be rocked backward on a nut fromface to face of the nut, without removing the tool from-the nut.

The invention will be particularly ex-.

plained in the specific description following.

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a'n auxiliary jaw forthe'main fixed jaw;Fig. 5' is a detail longitudinal sectional view ofportions of theforward end of the tool, with the parts adjusted'as in Figs. 1 and,2;Fig. 6 is a detail cross section-on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; Fig; 7isaside elevation showing the tool-arrang'edas a pipe vise for. holding apipe whileoperating thereon, as with a die.

Fig. 8 is-a side elevation of the wrench ele- 7 ments ofthe toolarranged for use as a pipe Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J miles, 1915 Application filed April 4, 914. Seria1No.829,507.7

wrench; Fig. 9 isia sideielevation' of the b wrench elements of the toolarranged. for useasa monkey wrench; Fig. 10 is a detail side view withparts broken away, showing the jaws of the tool equipped to constitute aplpe cutter; and Fig. 11 is a detail plan view of'the fixed jaw shown inFig. 10. j 0 Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 6, my lmproved tool isillustrated as comprising a jaw 10, which will constitute a fixed jaw,

and a rigid handle 11 extends rearwardly from the base of said jaw. Inorder to detachablysecure the handle-.11 of the fixed aw to a bench 13or like support, a. base 12 is provided, here shown as consisting of anoblong, thin plate which may be secured I by screws 12 or the like tothe top ofthe bench 13. To seat the jaw 10 firmly on the I base 12, thelatter has. its forward end 14 upturned andformed with a depression 15(Fig. 3). constituting a seat for receiving the bottom ofithe jaw 10.Inorder to clamp the V I a handle 11" securely I provide .clamping meansin connection with the base adjacent to the aw 10, said clamp meansbeing here shown as consisting of a hook bolt 16, which extends downwardthrough the base 12, and in practice, also through the bench top 13. Awing nut 17 or the like on the lower threaded end 16 -of the shank ofthe hookbolt 16, serves to tighten the said bolt, whereby the handlewill be efiectively held on the base with the fixed 10 firmly seated inthe seat 15.

'In connection with the handled fixed jaw as described, I provide arelatively movable jaw 18, having a fixed handle 19 slidable androckable relatively" to the first handled -jaw, as hereinafterdescribed, to adjust the jaws, Associated with the base12, Iprovidemeans for holding the handle of the movable j aw in adjustedrelation to the fixed handle and to the base. Said means mayconsist of an upstanding fork 20 having its bottom QOtinrigid relationto the base 12,

sume various positions in the fork 20., The

Sides of the kare formed with regist 7 Y 1 ing verticalslots 21, a'nd'atapered key 22 is I Various means may be. employed fortef- .fecting; thesliding-and rock ng movement and presentingspaced upstandingside-memhers-receiving both' the handles 11 and "19. Theh andle ll isadapted to'seat on the bottom 20* and the movable handle :19 may as-.

movable in said slots above the handle 19,

so as to hold the-latterf'in adjusted position. 110

of the handled movable jaw. As here shown, a loose member 23 in the formof a boxing is fitted on the movable handle 19, adjacent to the fixedjaw 10 and is pivoted to the latter by a pin 24: or the like. The rearend of the loose member 23 has a fork 25, which is received in anannular groove 26 on a sleeve 26, said sleeve 26 being internallythreaded and turning on a threaded portion 27 of the handle 19. Thearrangement is such that thehandle 19 may be rocked on the pivot 24, andit may be moved longitudinally by turning the sleeve 26, so that thelongitudinal movement may effect an approximate adjustment of the jawsand a rocking movement to complete the gripping action of the jaw, thekey 22 and fork 20 serving to hold the said handle in adjusted position.i

The handled jaws and the means for securing the same to a bench asdescribed, it will be obvious, give the tool the general character of avise or a clamp. To adapt the jaws of the vise for use as a pipe vise,the opposed faces of the jaws are formed with gripping teeth, therebeing reversely disposed series of gripping teeth 28, 29, on the fixedjaw, at angles to each other and defining a V-shaped recess. Similarlythere are formed on the movable jaw reversely disposed series ofgripping teeth 30, 31. The teeth 28, 30, on the corresponding portionsof the respective jaws are alike, which is true also of the teeth 29,31, on said jaws; while the obliquely opposite teeth 28, 31 and 29, 30will be reversed. The form and disposition of the teeth give aneffective gripping action for the pipe when the tool is used as a pipevise and, as will hereinafter appear, the teeth are effective when thehandled aws are detached from the base to constitute wrench elements.

The fixed j aw 10 is formed with spaced sides defining an intermediateopening 10 and the movable jaw'18 is sufficiently narrowthat it maypartially enter between the spaced sides of the fixed jaw, so that theseries of gripping teeth may engage a pipe or nipple of very smalldiameter.

In order to provide plain jaw elements I auxiliaryjaws are providedattachable to the main jaws as follows: On the fixed jaw 10 there is anauxiliary comprising a face plate 32 and a lug 33 at the back of theplate, said lug being receivable in the opening 10 between the sides ofthe fixed jaw, while the face plate 32 bridges the V-shaped recess andseats against the said fixed jaw above and consists of a face plate 37bridging the f-shaped recess in the movable jaw and rearwardly extendingside flanges 38 that overlap the sides of the movable jaw and receive afastening pin 39 which extends through holes 40 in the flanges 38, andto a registering hole 41 (Fig. 5) in the movable jaw 18.

Vfhen the vise is to be employed for holding an article to be filed, orfor general vise work, or when the jaws are to be used for clamping anarticle, as in cabinet work or the like, the plain auxiliary jaws aresecured in position. There is conventionally indicated at 42in Figs. 2and 5, an article clamped between the auxiliary jaws. This may representan article to be filed; as will be evident, any other piece of metal orwoodwork requiring to be clamped may be effectively held between theplain faces of the auxiliary jaws.

The described means for securing the handles to a bench, and the formand arrangement of the handles and jaws, provide for the removal of thehandled jaws and their effective use as a wrench. Thus in Fig. 9, thewrench elements, including the auxiliary aws, are shown as adapted foruse as a monkey wrench, for turning a nut 43.

In Fig. 8, with the auxiliary jaws removed, an effective pipe wrench isprovided,

there being indicated a nipple 46 on a structure 457. In either form ofthe wrench the latter can be turned in either direction wi thoutremoving it from the pipe and reversing it from its position, as isnecessary for instance, with the Stilson and the monkey wrench. Thehandles may be relatively rocked, so that the wrench may be turnedbackward on the pipe or nut, and again quickly brought into clampingposition.

In Fig. 7, the vise is shown with the aux iliary jaws removed so thatthe tool constitutes a pipe vise, in which the serrations -28 to 30 willeffectively bind a pipe 4 for using a die 45 or other tool on the pipe.With the serrated gripping surfaces 28 to 31 disposed as described, thedanger of crushing a pipe is minimized because the pressure is exertedon two lines at right angles to each other, the pressure on therespective lines thus resisting each other.

Referring particularly to Figs. 10 and 11, it will be seen that the mainjaws 10, 11, are equipped with special removable features to adapt thewrench elements for use as a pipe cutter. Thus a face plate 48 bridgesthe V-shaped recess of the fixed jaw and has rearwardly projecting lugs49 entered between the side members of said jaw and secured by a cotterpin 50 or the like. A rotary cutter 51 anda pin 52 is mounted betweenthe lugs 49 and projects through On the opposite movthe face plate 48.ablej aw 18 an auxiliary jaw is applied, presenting a V-shaped faceplate 53, and rearwardly projecting side lugs 54 at the bottom, thatoverlap the sides of the movable jaw 18 and are secured by a cotter pin56 or the like, extend through holes 55 in the said flanges and througha registering'hole in the said movable jaw.

By the described construction it will be seen'that the wrench elementsnow will constitute an effective pipe cutter.

Having thus described my invention, '1 claim. as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. In a tool of the character described, a base having means whereby tosecure it to a bench or the like, and having an upturned end formed witha depression constituting a seat, upstanding spaced elements on the basedistant from the seat, a clamp jaw fitting the seat of the base andhavinga rigid handle extending from its lower end between the upstandingmembers, a hook bolt engaging the said handles adjacent to the said seatand extending downwardly through the base, a clamp nut on said shank, asecond jaw having a rigid handle pivotally connected with the fixed jawto rock toward and from the first handle, and movable longitudinallyrelatively to the first jaw and its handle, the said'handle of thesecond jaw extending between the upstand ing members, and meansassociated with the saidupstanding members'to hold the respectivehandles of the jaws in adjusted relation.

2. In a tool of the character described, a fixed jaw having a rigidhandle, a movable jaw having a handle pivotally mounted to be rockedtoward and from the first handle, clamp means to secure the first handleto a bench or like support, upstanding members separate from said clampmeans and independently securable to a bench or other support forreceiving said handle, and

7 means associated with the upstanding menibers to hold the handles inadjusted relation to each other. 1

3. In a tool of the character described, a

fixed jaw having a rigid handle, clamp means to secure the first handleto a bench adapted to receive both the fixed handle and the handle ofthe movable jaw, the said sides being slotted, and a tapered key fittingthe slots and adapted to hold the handles in ad-,

justed relation.

4:. In a tool rocking and sliding movement, means for of the characterdescribed, a pair of handled j awsconnected for relative securing one ofthe handles to a bench, or like support, and means adapted to be securedto the support, and to hold the other of said handles in adjustedrelation to the first handle and to the support.

5. In a tool of the character described, a

base, a pair of handled jaws rockable andslidable relatively toeachother, means to secure one handled jaw to the base, and,

means on the base to engage both handles and hold the same in adjustedrelation to each other.

6. In a tool of the character described, a

handled jaw, means for detachably securing the sameto a fixed support, asecondhandled jaw rockable andslidable relatively to the first handledjaw, and means adapted to embrace both-handles for holding the handleofthe second jaw in adjusted relation to the first handle when the latteris in a fixed position, said second means being 'securable to a fixedsupport, independently of the first means. r p

In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in thepresence'of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN JAMES PATTERSON.

Witnesses: i

I. M. BUSBY. C". O. SowDER.

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